System and apparatus for geospatial cognitive networking

A method for providing a self-reliant secondary network of communication nodes using resources associated with a primary network defining sector beams using corresponding resources including respective SSBs includes performing a beam search with respect to the sector beams, performing beam detection to detect neighboring beams among the sector beams, and performing geospatial beam selection to define a selected set of SSBs of respective ones of the sector beams as being geospatial white space unlikely to interfere with the primary network when utilized by the communication nodes in the secondary network. The method may further include performing power control with respect to the selected set of SSBs, and applying medium access control protocols to enable the secondary network to use the selected set of SSBs of the primary network.